Recent content by Comradesour

I wasn't storing it at all. With a clean fermenter, when I was ready to brew, I'd mix it up and sanitise everything just before, leave 10-15 mins then chuck the liquid out and start adding ingredients. I've switched to starsan after the recommendations from this thread though, and I heard you...

This really might be the problem. I did leave the first couple of batches I did longer in the fermenter (2 weeks or so) and they turned out better. I think it is a green apple flavour, but my girlfriend reckoned it wasn't! The wheat beer hasn't improved at all in the bottle though. The...

Cheers guys. Will definitely take all suggestions into account. Will sanitize and clean the bejeezus out of everything. I've just ordered some proper star san, and will get a cleaner. Pkrd mentioned oxiclean. Never seen that in N.Z. Is that a laundry detergent / stain remover ?? I do have...

That's a hard one. My most recent is a Black Rock wheat beer kit. It's not vinegary, taste or smell. It's a medium sour, and smells sour and also a tiny bit metallic or chemically. The sour is not extremely intense but still there, like an exaggerated version of the cheapest piss beer. I've...

Hey team. I'm despondent. I'm a beginner in this hobby, using pre-hopped kits. First couple I made were great! Then one got infected, and ever since then they've all tasted sour. I was using a plastic fermenter with mangrove jacks no rinse sanitiser. (It's a granular form sanitiser. ) I...